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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the key given in Chapter 2 to attracting good friendships?
(a) To be a good person.
(b) To fix all of your friends' problems.
(c) To put your friends' needs before your own.
(d) To be a wealthy person.

2. Which state's Circuit Court of Appeals has declared the Pledge of Allegiance "unconstitutional" do to the inclusion of God?
(a) Vermont.
(b) California.
(c) Florida.
(d) Massachusetts.

3. What kind of people does Bill think should not be "fixed"?
(a) People who consistently demonstrate odd behavior.
(b) People who consistently demonstrate bad behavior.
(c) People who have demonstrated selfish behavior one to five times.
(d) People who have demonstrated selfish behavior one time.

4. According to Bill, what is considered "oppressive" in public schools?
(a) The competitive games in gym class.
(b) The curriculum in schools located in wealthier neighborhoods.
(c) The teaching of history.
(d) The teaching of morality.

5. How many years did Bill's father work hard at a place where he was suspicious of everyone?
(a) Forty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Twenty five.
(d) Thirty five.

6. What changed the self-reliant attitude of the country?
(a) Vietnam.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) The Great Depression.

7. Which one of the following is not listed by Bill as a way that religion can help people?
(a) It helps people get through life.
(b) It helps people make moral distinctions.
(c) It helps people deal with stress.
(d) It helps people prosper financially.

8. What have secularists made nearly impossible to exist?
(a) Public freedom of religion.
(b) Laws encouraging religion.
(c) Laws defending religion.
(d) Private freedom of religion.

9. Where is the "Big Dig" highway located that Bill uses as an example in Chapter 3?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Detroit.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Boston.

10. According to Bill, what was his father's downfall?
(a) His flexibility.
(b) His inflexibility.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His temper.

11. What did Clinton do as President when he received information that Al Qaeda was a threat?
(a) He requested further information.
(b) He failed to take action to stop them.
(c) He took action against them, but failed to stop them.
(d) He did not believe the information.

12. Where does Bill think the television and Internet access should be in a house with children?
(a) In the family room.
(b) In each child's room.
(c) In the garage.
(d) In only the oldest child's room.

13. Why did singer, Julio Iglesias snub his own son?
(a) To prevent his son from pursuing a music career.
(b) As a joke.
(c) For media attention.
(d) To prove a point.

14. How far back do some of Bill's loyal friendships go?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Thirty years.
(c) Fifty years.
(d) Forty years.

15. According to Bill, what types of images and sounds flood television and radio?
(a) Violence, greed, and corruption.
(b) Greed and corruption.
(c) Violence and corruption.
(d) Violence and greed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the basis of the Judeo-Christian philosophy that founded America?

2. What word does Bill use to describe nature because it points to the existence of a higher power?

3. Which Founder linked the ability to self-govern with the moral path of the Ten Commandments?

4. Which one of the following does Bill not consider a good journalist?

5. Why does Bill state he goes to church?

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